Increasing Intelligence Through Training: A Future Role for School and Residential Facilities for the Retarded

Throne, John M.

Mental Retardation, 15, 6, 25-7, Dec 77

The author cites a 1939 study by H. Skeels and H. Dye in which the IQs of retarded infants in orphanages were increased after exposure to substitute mothering, and reviews current behavior modification research to support the contention that intelligence can be increased. (CL)